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Ryan Donovan of North Salem drives in the paint in a loss at Putnam Valley last week. Ryan Donovan of North Salem drives in the paint in a loss at Putnam Valley last week. Credits: Skip Pearlman

By SKIP PEARLMAN

February 9, 2018 at 11:00 AM

NORTH SALEM, N.Y.-The North Salem High School boys basketball team had an opportunity to make a statement last Thursday at Putnam Valley, but the home team came out on fire and rang up a 61-49 victory.

With the win, Putnam Valley (16–2) clinched the league 3E title.

The Tigers of Putnam Valley jumped out to a big 29-9 first-quarter lead.

“They beat us twice and won the league title,” North Salem coach Henry Sassone said. “They jumped out on us early in the first quarter. We cut it to eight in the third, but we didn’t have quite enough to get back in.”

Sassone called it “a very physical game. We really didn’t come out ready to play, it’s hard to explain—I guess we got caught up in the moment.“

Saturday at home, the Tigers rebounded with a 91-40 roasting of Rye Neck.

Tchoua led North Salem (9–7) with 29 points in 16 minutes of play. The Tigers’ big man added 14 rebounds, two blocks, four assists and a steal. Kevin Ryan had 12 points, Donovan had 10 and Chris Alterio added nine.

“We came out and played pretty well,“ Sassone said. “Rye Neck was working hard, but we were just too big for them, and we shot the ball well—that was the difference.”

As the season winds down, Sassone feels his roster is rounding into playoff shape.

“We play 16 games, and we’ve had 11 starting lineups so far,“ he said. “I think we’re on to something now. We’re hoping to win all four games we have left, and we have a shot to be a four, five or six seed.“

North Salem was set to host league rival Haldane Wednesday, Feb. 7, and will travel to Pawling for a 6 p.m. game Friday. The Tigers, who are in Class B, travel to Alexander Hamilton Saturday at 4 p.m. for a rematch of last year‘s Class C title game.

The North Salem School Board is once again assessing whether it should allocate money for a turf field, something parents say is necessary for the district’s sports teams.

At the school board meeting last month, School Board President Andrew Brown presented a rendering of a proposed turf field from KSQ Architects for soccer, field hockey and lacrosse, a 300-person bleacher section with press ...

The North Salem School Board is once again assessing whether it should allocate money for a turf ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem athletic director Henry Sassone and Somers athletic director Roman Catalino told members of the Somers/North Salem ice hockey team earlier this month that their merged squad will not be hitting the ice this season due to a low number of players.

The team had only 15 players on the roster, Catalino said, compared with more than 20 for most Section 1 hockey ...

The following is from Lauren Ivanhoe and Eric Pooley, president and vice president of the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library Board of Trustees:

At the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, the past year has been an exciting one as the library’s role in the North Salem community continues to evolve and grow. With a wide variety of events and activities attracting a record number of people of all ages, the ...

The following is from Lauren Ivanhoe and Eric Pooley, president and vice president of the Ruth ...

Friends of Karen, which supports critically-ill children and their families, has launched their annual Holiday Adopt-A-Family program to ensure each Friends of Karen child and their siblings have something to smile about this holiday season.

As in years past, Friends of Karen will turn to both individuals, businesses and community groups to help spread the holiday spirit and shop to fill ...

Friends of Karen, which supports critically-ill children and their families, has launched their ...

It was not too long ago that we were told we would be living and working in a paperless society.

I envisioned my desk not having a shred of paper on it. As I look around my office today, I think it is safe to say that the predictions of a “paperless society” were as accurate as those of the Y2K computer apocalypse.

Perhaps, most illustrative of how paper intensive a society we have become ...

It was not too long ago that we were told we would be living and working in a paperless ...

It took several weeks, but every vote has been counted for the town clerk election.

The final total gave Republican Maria Hlushko a narrow lead over Democrat Billy Morin.
According to the Westchester County Board of Elections, the unofficial total puts Hlushko 120 votes above Morin for a total of 1,219 to 1,099 votes, respectively.

Hlushko will serve out the one-year unexpired term and ...

It took several weeks, but every vote has been counted for the town clerk election.

Troop 1147 of North Salem chose to honor the veterans in North Salem by baking cookies for them on Veterans Day. The Troop has 16 girls and each girl participated by baking, packaging and delivering the cookies with the goal of showing appreciation for the service of veterans and spreading kindness.

“We are very proud of the girls and the effort they made. We also want to recognize their ...

Troop 1147 of North Salem chose to honor the veterans in North Salem by baking cookies for them on ...